Retired Air Force Col. Mike Hayden, director of government relations for the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), calculated that the reduced pay raise could cost an officer with 10 years of service about $52 a month next year

Hey, here's a concept: why don't we raise taxes on the wealthy people who require the US military to secure their assets abroad and give these true patriots in uniform the pay raises they so desperately need?

If I learned anything from douchebags recently, it was when we were talking about tying cost of living increases for social security to Chained CPI. What I learned was that a reduced increase is not the same as a pay cut. So just be glad you're getting an increase. Is that how it works here too?

theorellior:Hey, here's a concept: why don't we raise taxes on the wealthy people who require the US military to secure their assets abroad and give these true patriots in uniform the pay raises they so desperately need?

I didn't read the article because newsmax, but Obama wants to start an illegal war on Syria, to what "assets" do you refer?

Yep... I heard he dropped a deuce yesterday in the bathroom right off of the Oval Office, within 20 feet of the Resolute Desk!! That disrespectful N---, wait, that lazy-ass Jungle---, um let me try again, that watermelon eating mon---. Ah, Hell, YOU know what I mean, right? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...

Mikey1969:Yep... I heard he dropped a deuce yesterday in the bathroom right off of the Oval Office, within 20 feet of the Resolute Desk!! That disrespectful N---, wait, that lazy-ass Jungle---, um let me try again, that watermelon eating mon---. Ah, Hell, YOU know what I mean, right? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...

Obama is acting just like GWBush just before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, yet most of the people who supported Bush back then are against Obama going after Syria today even though their justifications are the same.

And enough of this WWIII shtick, if US bombing some country is your basis we'd be on WWX by now.

CPT Ethanolic:Cutting military pay raises in half??? OMG, you mean I might get $20 more/month vs $40? How will I live?

A supposed lack of significant negative impact does not justify violation of federal law. However, because the report is from Newsmax, the allegation of a violation of law is dubious at best; in fact, the claim of a cut in military pay raises is itself dubious until confirmed by an outside source.

FTA: The federal law says military pay raises must be based on the Employment Cost Index compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which ties military raises to private sector pay growth. Under that formula, military personnel should be getting a 1.8 percent pay raise beginning in January 2014, CNS News reported.But the law also states that the president can inform Congress of an alternative pay adjustment "if because of national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare, the president considers the pay adjustment which would otherwise be required by this section in any year to be inappropriate."

Dimensio:CPT Ethanolic: Cutting military pay raises in half??? OMG, you mean I might get $20 more/month vs $40? How will I live?

A supposed lack of significant negative impact does not justify violation of federal law. However, because the report is from Newsmax, the allegation of a violation of law is dubious at best; in fact, the claim of a cut in military pay raises is itself dubious until confirmed by an outside source.

from the end of the article...

"The House passed a bill in July authorizing the 1.8 percent raise, but the Senate has set the raise at 1 percent as recommended by Obama."

Have to keep being the wet blanket here, and pointing out that I am 63 years old, and that this precises process of bullshiat has pretty much been our foreign policy all my life. It's nice to see people finally deciding they don't like it - I've always hated it - on the other hand it's kind of stupidly sad that they think it's "Obama's Foreign Policy", and that's why they can finally be bothered to complain about it.Still - better late than never.

FTFA: Obama wrote to congressional leaders: "I am strongly committed to supporting our uniformed service members, who have made such great contributions to our nation over the past decade of war. As our country continues to recover from serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare, however, we must maintain efforts to keep our nation on a sustainable fiscal course."

log_jammin:Dimensio: CPT Ethanolic: Cutting military pay raises in half??? OMG, you mean I might get $20 more/month vs $40? How will I live?

A supposed lack of significant negative impact does not justify violation of federal law. However, because the report is from Newsmax, the allegation of a violation of law is dubious at best; in fact, the claim of a cut in military pay raises is itself dubious until confirmed by an outside source.

from the end of the article...

"The House passed a bill in July authorizing the 1.8 percent raise, but the Senate has set the raise at 1 percent as recommended by Obama."

there is no violation of the law. just the legislative process.

As Mr. Obama is not a legitimate President, due to not being a "natural-born" United States citizen, any recommendation that he makes cannot be used for setting military pay rates, and therefore the change in pay raises is illegal. Study it out.

Carl Scroot:Mikey1969: Yep... I heard he dropped a deuce yesterday in the bathroom right off of the Oval Office, within 20 feet of the Resolute Desk!! That disrespectful N---, wait, that lazy-ass Jungle---, um let me try again, that watermelon eating mon---. Ah, Hell, YOU know what I mean, right? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...

Dimensio:As Mr. Obama is not a legitimate President, due to not being a "natural-born" United States citizen, any recommendation that he makes cannot be used for setting military pay rates, and therefore the change in pay raises is illegal. Study it out.

log_jammin:Retired Air Force Col. Mike Hayden, director of government relations for the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), calculated that the reduced pay raise could cost an officer with 10 years of service about $52 a month next year